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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

ISIS Beheads American Journalist James Foley in Video Message to U.S.!!!!

James Foley, an American journalist who had gone missing in Syria
nearly two years ago, is presumed dead after Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria militants posted a video online Tuesday that it said was of his
execution.
It was not clear when the beheading video was recorded, but several
hours after it was posted, both the White House and his family appeared
to confirm the reporter's death.

According to an FBI missing persons alert, the 40-year-old Foley had
employed a translator to help him travel across the Syrian-Turkish
border. The Rochester, N.H., native was captured in Idlib in Syria on
Nov. 22, 2012, with the translator later released.

ISIS's sweep through northern Iraq, bringing it close to Baghdad and
in control of the second city, Mosul, drew U.S. airstrikes on the
country for the first time since the end of the American occupation in
2011.
The Sunni militant group has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq
and Syria in areas it controls, and the video implores President Barack
Obama to stop the U.S. intervention in the area.

ISIS, in the same video, claims it is prepared to kill another American journalist they are holding.
The "Free James Foley" page on Facebook posted a message Tuesday night it said was from Foley's mother, Diane.
Calling Foley "an extraordinary son," the statement read: "We have
never been prouder of our son Jim. He gave his life trying to expose the
world to the suffering of the Syrian people."We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining
hostages. Like Jim, they are innocents. They have no control over
American government policy in Iraq, Syria or anywhere in the world."

Previous captivity

Two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to The
Associated Press because they were not authorized to discuss the video,
said they believe it to be Foley.
One official told the AP that Obama is expected to make a statement Wednesday about the killing."If genuine, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent
American journalist and we express our deepest condolences to his family
and friends," National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said
in a statement earlier in the day.

Foley, a freelance journalist working for the international news
website GlobalPost and Agence France-Press, had been kidnapped in early
2011 while reporting in Libya. He was among four journalists captured
and later released.